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Rainmakers to host Food 4 Kids fundraiser

By staff reports

Posted:
06/17/2014 05:20:35 PM MDT

A golf tournament whose proceeds will go toward financing a program to feed hungry kids will be held Saturday at the prestigious Rainmakers golf course laid out over beautiful 18 holes adjacent to the Spencer Theater.

"This is just a great opportunity for adults to play so kids can eat," said Elizabeth Potter, an administrator of the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program whose distribution of food this year alone is hovering at the 7,000 backpack mark.

"We are grateful to the folks at Rainmakers who have been so helpful and generous in staging this tournament and we are confident Ruidoso Valley golfers will take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy this awesome course while they are at the same time giving valuable help to children who need nutritional assistance," Potter added.

The 20-team scramble tournament will have a 1 p.m. shotgun start and include the golf, lunch and prizes for $125 per player or $500 for a team of four. There also will be a silent auction throughout the day. Participants are invited to form their own four-person teams or individuals can contact the golf course at (575) 336-7500 to be assigned to a team.

Since being established four years ago, the Foods 4 Kids Backpack Program has distributed more than 11,000 backpacks, each containing seven to nine nutritious kid-friendly food items. Through no-nonsense cost control and thrifty buying, the Roadrunner Food Bank affiliated program assembles the backpacks for an impressive $1.15 each.

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The backpacks are distributed to children for weekend and holiday use when school meals are not available.

"Hunger doesn't take the weekend off," Potter said. "It's understandable that one can drive through our festive and beautiful town with its adjacent pleasant neighborhoods and get the feeling everything is hunky-dory. But just behind that comfortable façade is a world of kids who needs our help."